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I would be interested in a conversation about a strong working definition of fascism, that covered everything from original Nazis to the KKK in whatever incarnation, and maybe even usefully excludes some fash-ish movements...I have thoughts, but I'd like others to go first - and in the interest of an interesting conversation/intellectual exercise, please tell me what's already in your head, and don't look it up or do any homework in the first round or so. I want to arrive at OUR definition before we discuss Wikipedia's...
Crow, in a call over the weekend with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, requested the "expedited investigation and courts-martial against those involved" in last week's riot. The military could also try former personnel in military courts.The Congress member also said he asked McCarthy to direct the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division to review the backgrounds of all troops who will be deployed at Biden’s inauguration next week “to ensure that deployed members are not sympathetic to domestic terrorists,” his office said in a statement.And on Monday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran, also demanded the Pentagon investigate the allegations that troops and military retirees played a role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-[Sleezebag] mob.
Quote from: Buster's Uncle on January 14, 2021, 05:47:24 pmI would be interested in a conversation about a strong working definition of fascism, that covered everything from original Nazis to the KKK in whatever incarnation, and maybe even usefully excludes some fash-ish movements...I have thoughts, but I'd like others to go first - and in the interest of an interesting conversation/intellectual exercise, please tell me what's already in your head, and don't look it up or do any homework in the first round or so. I want to arrive at OUR definition before we discuss Wikipedia's...the thing is, whom definition would that be? After watching some coverage of the March part (before the actual act was committed) of 1/6, it is interesting that the "fascist" were calling the other side "fascist"... even political definition of terms are subjective....
Now I do not claim this is the model of modern politics; I do claim that it is a far better model than the one we're using, and in fact I go farther and claim that the "left-right" model so ubiquitous amongst us is harmful. And while I understand that some ideologues find the "left-right" model useful to their cause, and thus have a powerful incentive to gloss over its failures, what puzzles me is why so-called objective political "scientists" don't try to abolish it, at least in freshman political science classes.